Live on the Queen Mary

• Artist: Professor Longhair
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• Release Date: 1978
• Total Time: 34:18
• Type: Live
• Genre: Blues

Review

Ask what was Paul and Linda McCartney's most important contribution to music, and you just might get the answer -- this album, which is also more exciting than anything Wings ever did. Professor Longhair's first live recording came about at a March 24, 1975 party hosted by the McCartneys aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. It captures some of the excitement that Ahmet Ertegun and several lesser-known talent scouts found when they came upon Harry Roeland Byrd playing road houses around New Orleans in the late 1940s. Highlights include the rollicking "Mess Around," and the standards "Stagger Lee," "Everyday I Have the Blues," "I'm Movin' On," and his hits "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" and "Tipitina." The lack of instrumental credits prevents one from praising the lead guitarist by name for his playing on "Everyday I Have the Blues" and "I'm Movin' On," but he and the rest of the band still do well backing this legend. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Tell Me Pretty Baby	Joe Turner	Professor Longhair	(3:55)
Mess Around	Robert Palmer, Ahmet Ertegun, Professor Longhair	Professor Longhair	(4:02)
Every Day I Have the Blues	Memphis Slim, Peter Chatman	Professor Longhair	(5:42)
Tipitina	Roy Byrd, Henry Roeland Byrd	Professor Longhair	(3:49)
I'm Movin' On	Hank Snow, Roland Byrd	Professor Longhair	(3:42)
Mardi Gras in New Orleans	Roy Byrd, Professor Longhair	Professor Longhair	(2:55)
Cry to Me	Bert Russell	Professor Longhair	(2:43)
Gone So Long	Roy Byrd, Professor Longhair	Professor Longhair	(4:27)
Stagger Lee	Jerry Garcia, Traditional	Professor Longhair	(3:03)

Credits

Tom Wilson (Producer), Professor Longhair (Piano), Professor Longhair (Vocals)